To Ferdinand von Hochstetter 14 February 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Feb. 14th 1877
Dear Sir
I request that you will be so good as to return to the Trustees of your Anthropological Socy. my most sincere thanks for their congratulations on my birth-day, just received by Telegram.1
I can assure you that I feel very deeply the honour thus conferred on me.—
I remain, dear Sir, with much respect.—
Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
The telegram from the Anthropologische Gesellschaft in Wien (Anthropological Society of Vienna) has not been found. CD was 68 on 12 February 1877.
Summary
Sends thanks to Anthropological Society for sending birthday greetings.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10844A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ferdinand von Hochstetter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- RR Auction (dealers) (April 2006)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10844A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10844A.xml
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